‘Wake-up call’:China takes stunning lead in race for tech domination

‘Wake-up call’:China takes stunning lead in race for tech domination

China is the global research leader in 37 of 44 critical technologies,including advanced explosives,biological manufacturing and artificial intelligence.

  • byMatthew Knott

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Plasma’s back:Boost for CSL as collections troubles ease

Plasma’s back:Boost for CSL as collections troubles ease

The blood plasma giant reaffirmed full-year guidance on Tuesday,though first-half profits saw a dip.

  • byEmma Koehn
‘We deliver’:How CSL shares jumped 367 per cent under this CEO’s reign

‘We deliver’:How CSL shares jumped 367 per cent under this CEO’s reign

After a decade in the top job,CSL boss Paul Perreault weighs in on the future of mRNA,how Australia can secure a biotech boom - and how to choose an AFL team.

  • byEmma Koehn
‘Important vaccine for Australia’:Moderna gears up for RSV jab

‘Important vaccine for Australia’:Moderna gears up for RSV jab

Moderna will lodge approval applications for a new vaccine for RSV that could be on the market as soon as next year in a big step forward in its pipeline outside of COVID.

  • byEmma Koehn
COVID hotshot Ellume saved as rival comes to rescue

COVID hotshot Ellume saved as rival comes to rescue

Brisbane-based COVID-19 test maker Ellume has been snapped up by rapid test distributor Hough Pharma in a deal worth $57.1 million.

  • byEmma Koehn
‘Not shy in disrupting ourselves’:Meet CSL’s new boss

‘Not shy in disrupting ourselves’:Meet CSL’s new boss

The biotech giant’s chief operating officer Paul McKenzie will start in the top job from March after Paul Perreault confirmed he will step down after a mammoth decade at the helm.

  • byEmma Koehn
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Big in Broadmeadows:CSL bets billion-dollar plasma play will deliver returns

Big in Broadmeadows:CSL bets billion-dollar plasma play will deliver returns

The biotech giant has amped up its plasma processing power in Victoria as it switches its focus back from COVID vaccines to specialist blood-based medicine.

  • byEmma Koehn
Another biotech boom? These Aussie giants are spending up big

Another biotech boom? These Aussie giants are spending up big

Sleep treatments giant ResMed has been splashing cash on projects for growth as the sector spends up to secure post-pandemic growth.

  • byEmma Koehn
CSL lands world-first gene therapy with $5.3m haemophilia treatment

CSL lands world-first gene therapy with $5.3m haemophilia treatment

The Aussie biotech giant will bring the first gene therapy for haemophilia B to market in the US,but the one-off treatment comes with a hefty price tag.

  • byEmma Koehn
Here’s what our $132b biotech giant plans to do next

Here’s what our $132b biotech giant plans to do next

Australians became familiar with CSL through the pandemic,but as the company emerges from COVID,it has ambitious new plans to disrupt a variety of medical ailments.

  • byEmma Koehn
CSL inks $313m deal to bring ‘next-generation’ flu,COVID vaccines to Australia

CSL inks $313m deal to bring ‘next-generation’ flu,COVID vaccines to Australia

The deal will give CSL the exclusive licence to US company Arcturus Therapeutics’ technology in the fields of influenza,COVID-19 and other respiratory diseases.

  • byEmma Koehn